"Nothing, for the most part, surprises me anymore."

#Surprise Quotes #Surprise Me Quotes

“How does one chip off the marble that doesn't belong? ... That comes about through five things: humility, reverence, inspiration, deep purpose, and joy. No great man has ever wise-cracked his way to greatness. Until one learns to lose one's self he cannot find himself. No one can multiply himself by himself. He must first divide himself and give himself to the service of all, thus placing himself within all others through acts of thoughtfulness and service.”
“Every moment is a new beginning.”
“The derision comes from snobbery, which I think is the worst thing for art and music. I don't think there's any place for it and it comes from insecurity.”
“Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with one man.”
“The more you recognize the immense good within you, the more you magnetize immense good around you.”
“The wavering mind is but a base possession.”
“[The original development of the Spinning Mule was a] continual endeavour to realise a more perfect principle of spinning; and though often baffled, I as often renewed the attempt, and at length succeeded to my utmost desire, at the expense of every shilling I had in the world.”
“I built my entire life on the idea of independence.”

Source : "First Lady Without a Portfolio (or a Ring) Seeks Her Own Path" by Maïa de la Baume, www.nytimes.com. May 15, 2012.

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